Offbeat

Hey Coach Johnson!? Training camp at your place this year? [...]

And the feelgood hoops story of the year has to go to Lt. Cotina Sellers-Jenkins, who decided to give the ultimate surprise to her 13 year old son Derrick Jenkins just after Christmas. It was a rough holiday season for little Derrick as he hadn’t seen his mother for approximately 8 months as she was [...]

High dollar auctioned items from some of basketball’s biggest names have recently been up for sale to the highest bidder, with all or most of the proceeds going to charity. Just last week, an authenticated recruiting letter to Micheal Jordan from legendary coach Dean Smith went up for sale to the highest bidder, with the [...]

KG seems to be bigger than life to these Chelsea F.C. soccer players. And he also seems to be enjoying himself on the visit to the stadium. Never would have pegged KG for a soccer fan. [...]

The Miami Heat had their Champions tour stop at the White House today. Here are some pictures of the visit, including the Heat’s presentation of a custom POTUS trophy and jersey to the big man. Oh, and President Obama had this burn on Mario Chalmers to get some laughs… [...]

Prior to this weekend, 6’3 senior guard Nubian Spann hadn’t gotten much attention nationally despite leading his Panther Creek, North Carolina squad to a nearly unblemished 13-1 mark heading into a match-up against rival Apex. But that all has changed after Spann made Sportcenter’s Top 10 plays for shattering a backboard in the 2nd quarter [...]

Coming out of high school, Gerald Green was supposed to be the 2nd coming of NBA superstar Tracy McGrady. He averaged an unbelievable 33 points, 12 boards, 7 assists, and 3 blocks per game as a senior at Gulf Shores Academy in Houston and was the high scorer at the 2005 McDonald’s All American Game, [...]

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Just when you think you’ve seen it all. I’ve never really thought of JR Smith as a ‘crafty veteran’, but the untying of the opponent’s shoe during free throws is up there with the veteran lore of pulling leg hair of jump shooters, trying to make the opposition flinch, or even pulling down their shorts. [...]

This past Summer, the New York Knicks worked out former NBA veteran point guard Bobby Brown but ultimately decided on a trio of Ray Felton, Pablo Prigioni, and Beno Udrih to run the team this season. In hindsight, leaving Brown off the roster now looks like a huge mistake as Brown scored an impressive 74 [...]